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. 2012 Feb;50(2):346–352. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05021-11

Fig 1.

Fig 1

Times to identification for Gram-positive bacteria using routine methods. The range of times to full identification of each isolate (solid lines) and median time to identification (solid squares) from initial blood culture positivity ranged from 19.25 h for S. aureus to 139.12 for P. acnes. All identifications were complete within 20 min by using the MALDI Biotyper/Sepsityper.